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Europe Takes One More Step Toward Eliminating the Burqa
By Dr. Phyllis Chesler Europe has finally come to its senses and taken a stand in favor of the Western Enlightenment enterprise. On July 1, 2014, the European Court of Human Rights upheld the 2010 French burqa ban, a religion-neutral piece of legislation which eliminates face masks. By a “majority” vote of seventeen judges with two dissents, the Court found that the ban did not violate “Article 8 [the right respect for private and family life of the European Convention on Human Rights] and [there was] no violation of Article 9 [the right to respect for freedom of thought, conscience and religion].” No further appeals are possible. Continue page on 05
Shah Rukh Khan is now ‘Knight of the Legion of Honor’ By Seema Sinha
New Delhi: Shah Rukh Khan, who was conferred the Knight of the Legion of Honour — France's highest honour on Tuesday, said that the event coincided with his mother's birthday and if she were
alive, she would be proud. "She would have been extremely happy that her son has got the most prestigious honour in the world. This is the best birthday gift for her. I accept this award not as an individual but on behalf of hundreds of filmmakers," said the 48
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Freeway overpass collapses in Brazil
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By Amy Lopez A freeway overpass has collapsed in the city of Belo Horizonte, Brazil – about six miles from Cidade de Galo, where Argentina has its main training camp.
Department of Health of Minas Gerais said at least 22 people are injured, including 10 construction workers on the project. The cause of the accident is uncertain but the overpass was originally part of Brazil's plans to add bus lanes for the World Cup. The project commenced about one year ago but did not meet its
deadline. The overpass runs over Avenida Pedro l, which is the main way to access the city's World Cup stadium. There are no quarterfinal games scheduled in Belo Horizonte's Mineirao Stadium, located three miles away from the overpass, but a semifinal will be played there next Tuesday.
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Brazilian officials dealing with the incident have stated that one car, two construction trucks and one communter bus carrying 13 people were trapped under the overpass. The woman driving the commuter bus died in the collapse, Capt. Federico Pascual of the Belo Horizonte fire department told the Associated Press. A member of the mayor's office told the A.P. that a second victim also died. The fire department has not been able to reach the car that is fully trapped under the wreckage, lieutenant colonel Edgard Estevo da Silva told ESPN, and the crews are using a camera to look under the rubble, as they have not ruled out the possibility that the driver of the car is alive. He added that the two construction trucks were empty. nformation released by the
Rob Lowe had assured Monica Lewinsky post her sex scandal with former US president Bill Clinton, that his presidency based film, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;The West Wingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, had nothing to do with her. In miniseries video for â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;The â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;90s: The Last Great Decadeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; shared by Entertainment Weekly, the 50-year-old actor is seen recalling his encounter with Lewinsky on a plane, which was during the time he had started shooting for Aaron Sorkin directed White House drama â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;The West Wingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. Lowe said that he was reading his script on a plane when he saw Lewinsky looking at him from across the aisle, and felt the immediate urge to go up to her and clarify that his upcoming movie, though was about presidency, was not portraying their affair. The 1999 film, which portrayed a fictional U.S. President, had released roughly just after a year after Lewinsky's affair with Clinton was detailed in the Starr Report. Meanwhile Lewinsky, 40, who too appears in the National Geographic documentary, recalled the incident as well and admitted of thinking Lowe as â&#x20AC;&#x153;good guyâ&#x20AC;?, confessing of having a crush on him as a teenager. (ANI)
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China bans fasting during the month of Ramzan Islamabad, (ANI): Muslim officials and students have been reportedly banned from fasting in China’s northwestern region of Xinjiang during the holy month of Ramzan. The region of Xinjang is inhabited by nine million Uighurs, a Muslim ethnic minority who accuse China’s leaders of snatching their political as well as religious rights. The region has been in news recently for violence and ethnic disputes.
However, China denies any claims of repressing the minority. Zonglang Township in Xinjiang’s Kashgar district said that it was restricted for the Communist party cadres, officials and even students to be a part of the Ramzan related activities. The statement had appealed to the party leaders to bring food to local village leaders to ensure that they were not fasting during the month of Ramzan,
reports the Express Tribune. Similar restrictions were announced on local government websites, whereby the educational bureau of Wensu County urged schools to forbid students from visiting mosques. The spokesperson of an exiled rights group, the World Uyghur Congress, said that China was adopting administrative ways to pressurize people to break their fasts.
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Federal NDP staffers ditch their labour union after it refused to back New Democrats in Ontario election
OTTAWA — Some 500 New Democrat parliamentary staffers are parting company with the labour union that represents them after it refused to unequivocally endorse the NDP in last month’s Ontario election. It’s not simply a matter of federal New Democrats paying Unifor back for what they view as its betrayal of the provincial NDP. The divorce is also driven by fear that Unifor could similarly refuse to categorically support the NDP in next year’s federal election, thereby endangering the staffers’ jobs, which the union is supposed to protect. Unifor national president Jerry Dias said the decision to go their separate ways was “absolutely mutual.” “This will be an amicable divorce,” Dias told the Canadian Press. “Their position is they want to belong to a union that has complete, blind loyalty to the party and I understand that … But the facts are that one local union within Unifor is not going to dictate the politics of an organization of over 300,000 people.” While Unifor is largely supportive of the NDP, Dias said sometimes its priorities are different than those of the party. In the Ontario election, the priority was stopping Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak. Hence, Unifor urged Ontarians to vote for incumbent New Democrats or whichever local candidate — NDP or Liberal — was most likely to defeat the Conservative contender. “The last provincial election was unusual. It’s not usually so brazen that you have a Conservative leader that’s running on a platform of destroying the trade union movement,” Dias said, noting that 800 delegates to a Unifor regional council meeting unanimously called for the union to back strategic voting. He said there’s “no question about it” that the Harper government appears equally committed to destroying the union movement. But whether Unifor will similarly urge Canadians to vote strategically for New Democrats or Liberals to defeat Harper’s Conservatives remains to be seen.
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Europe Takes One More Step Toward Eliminating the Burqa Continued from Page 01 As the author of Ban the Burqa? An Argument in Favor, I applaud this decision, on the grounds of security, and as a matter of women’s human rights. The obliteration of female identity is not a Western value. Criminals and terrorists wear masks. Men have been known to dress in flowing burqas in order to rob jewelry stores or to escape after committing a terrorist act. In an interview, scholar Daniel Pipes said: “France leads the way in banning a repugnant garment from the public square that restricts young women's rights, poses a criminal and terrorist danger to the society, and does yet other forms of damage. In this, Americans should emulate the braver and wiser French.” In addition to the very real danger of terrorism and ordinary crime, there is also a human rights violation involved in face-masking. Women who wear niqab (face veils) and burqas (face veils and body bags) are utterly removed from social interaction. Veiled women are confined to a sensory deprivation isolation chamber; isolation and sensory deprivation are forms of torture and health hazards. Anxiety, claustrophobia, extreme discomfort, lowered self-esteem, walking accidents, often accompany wearing such clothing. A face veiled woman is a ghostly, moving prison, an absent presence. It is hard to speak with her or understand what she is saying. Imagine a court room witness, a judge, a lawyer, a surgeon, a pediatrician, a nurse, a university student, a stockbroker functioning while wearing such muffling, and unfriendly garments. I also understand that the matter is tricky and usually poorly understood.
First, Westerners have little knowledge of the long struggle which took place in Muslim countries to abolish the Veil. For example, Muslim feminists and anti-colonial nationalists in Muslim countries campaigned hard for open faces in public. During the 1920’s and 1930’s, kings, shahs, and presidents unveiled their female citizens. Both these rulers and activists were successful in Egypt, Lebanon, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Turkey, Pakistan, and Iran, to name but a few countries. Two Afghan Kings unveiled the women, first in the late 1920’s and again in the late 1950’s. By the late 1950’s, a foreign journalist visiting Egypt wrote that “the veil is unknown here.” Second, Westerners naively believe that face veiling is an Islamic religious requirement and thus, under our belief in freedom of religion, that we must permit
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whatever someone says is true of their religion. However, Muslim religious scholars and intellectuals, as well as feminists, have explained, over and over again, that the Qu’ran only requires that men as well as women dress “modestly” and that women cover their bosoms. Some say that in the 7th century, Mohammed’s wives wore veils and that veiling therefore signifies status. In October 2009, Sheikh Muhammad Sayyid Tantawi, perhaps the foremost, formal spiritual authority in Sunni Islam and grand sheikh of al-Azhar University, Sunni Islam's highest institution of religious learning, was reportedly "angered" when he toured a school in Cairo and saw a teenage girl wearing niqab. Asking the girl to remove her face veil, he said, "The niqab is a tradition; it has no connection with religion." He then instructed the girl never to wear the niqab again and issued a fatwa (religious edict) against its use in schools. Third, so many formerly cosmopolitan societies have, in the last fifteen-twenty years, been conquered by radical Islamist Jihad. Today, the face veil is being used as the flag and symbol of radical Islam, Jihad, and the most extreme misogyny. It sets Muslim women apart who are living in the West. It sets up parallel, non-integrated communities. It reinforces the tribal and ethnic customs which discourage Muslims from befriending infidels. Most importantly, if women refuse to face veil, or if their headscarf (hijab) comes undone, they may be beaten or ultimately "honor" killed for such disobedience. The head, face, and full body “veil” is cruel to women. Arab Muslims live in very hot climates. Women wear heavy shrouds; men wear light-weight white sparkling garments (thobes) and their faces are free. In the West, I have seen Muslim men in summer wearing light-
weight western-style pants and shirts or tunics. Behind them are their female relatives, shrouded in heavy black garments, under which I know they are sweating profusely and through which they have no peripheral vision and can feel no sunlight on their faces. Here is what makes the matter tricky. Sociologist Marnia Lazreg, in her book Questioning the Veil. Open Letters to Muslim Women implores them to voluntarily refuse to veil. Lazreg views this as a far better alternative than having the government tell women what to wear and what not to wear. But realistically, women who are subjected to normalized beating and stalking and who are expected to obey in all ways may not be capable of “resisting” this oppression. In these times, Resistance=Death. Where the matter is at its most tricky is in terms of western views about individual liberty and religious freedom. Religious Muslim and feminist activist, Raquel Evita Saraswati, wears hijab (a headscarf) and her scarves are exceedingly glamorous and friendly. She fully understands how face veils (niqab) and burqas are “tools being used to render women invisible.” Nevertheless, Saraswati views such a ban as an “affront to Western values and women’s liberty.” Her main point: “Compulsion in matters of religion and expression works against both the promise of secularism and the best parts of faith.” In my view, as long as one woman in the West is “horror” killed for refusing to veil, the West has a duty to remove this as a temptation to murder. It is impossible for Western governments and international organizations to prevent the acid attacks or honor killings of women in Muslim countries who refuse to cover their faces, but why tie society's hands on Western soil? Why would Western countries prize the subordination of women and protect it as a religious right at a time when many Muslim women in the West refuse to face veil? When it is understood that the burqa is not a religious requirement but rather a political statement—at best merely an ethnic, tribal, and misogynistic custom—there is no reason whatsoever for Western traditions of religious tolerance to misconstrue the covering of women as a religious duty.
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Opinion Editorial Protect yourself from identity theft In this age of technology thieves are getting more daring and dangerous. It’s no longer cash money in your wallet that’s being stolen. Identity theft is becoming more common these days. They steal your personal information without your knowledge and sell it to run up debt – or even commit crimes – in your name. Most IndoCanadians feel safe from identity theft in Canada. For them, it’s visiting India or another country where they feel they might be robbed. Yet the truth is that no matter where you live you are susceptible to identity theft and that’s why it’s important that you guard your personal information and documents. It is also a myth that someone from your own community or a friend wouldn’t steal from you. Most dangerous thief is the one who lurks near you pretending to be your friend. By being friendly with his or her victims the thieves are always looking for an opportunity to steal from them. We all need to be responsible for safeguarding ourselves from this growing problem.
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password. Legitimate companies don’t request this kind of information in this way. If someone asks you for information that is not relevant ask them why they need it. Always shield your PIN number when using your debit card. Shred or tear up papers with personal information before you throw them away, and don't put more than your name and address on your personal cheques. If you are going to be away, arrange for a trusted neighbor to pick up your
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mail. Pay attention to credit card expiry dates. If your replacement hasn't arrived call the company. Someone may have taken it from your mail or changed the mailing address. It takes only seconds for a thief to steal your information and it can take your weeks, months and sometimes years to recover. Be alert: guarding your information can save you months of heartache.
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Women rights activists in India denounce SC judgement on anti-dowry law New Delhi, (ANI): Women rights activist Saswati Ghosh on Thursday said the Supreme Court had passed a terrible judgement on the anti-dowry law. The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that police cannot automatically arrest an accused in a dowry case before judicially examining it. A bench headed by Justice CK Prasad directed all the state governments to instruct its police officers not to automatically arrest an accused in such cases. “The Supreme Court judgement is a terrible one. The judgement says that if you want a culprit to be arrested, you have to inform within two weeks or the arrest will not be made,” said Ghosh.
“claims” of misuse of 498A. We “Domestic can see the perpetrators around violence is vibrant in and the police can’t even arrest India. Over two them. Victims do not want thirds of the women arrests but solutions. Women’s have been beaten at organizations have seen that the least once in India. If police do not arrest culprits,” said you want to give a Shrivastava. time frame in 498 A, The Supreme Court has give the same in ruled that police cannot terror cases also. I Saswati Ghosh automatically arrest an accused think a curative petition should be filed to review the in a dowry case before judicially examining it. petition,” Ghosh added. The apex court expressed concerns Women rights activist Kavita Shrivastava said victims of dowry did over misuse of the anti dowry law. A bench headed by Justice C K not want arrests, but a solution. “For a long time there has been Prasad directed all the state governments to instruct its police officers not to automatically arrest an accused in such cases. The apex court expressed concerns over misuse of the anti dowry law. Section 498-A of the IPC was introduced with object to combat the menace of harassment to a woman at the hands of her husband and his relatives. Advocate and women rights activist Abha Singh on Thursday said the Supreme Court has given a correct statement in saying that Section 498A of the Anti-Dowry Act is being misused. Describing it as a landmark judgement, Singh said: "The Supreme Court has given the correct statement that AntiDowry Act Section 498A is being and on April 17th a fourth robbery misused. Police must first investigate occurred at a store in the 13500 block of cases properly, and then, make an arrest. It is a landmark judgment," said Singh. 88th Avenue. Anyone with more information is The Supreme Court has ruled that the asked to contact the Surrey RCMP police cannot automatically arrest an Robbery Section at 604-599-0502 or accused in a dowry case before judicially Crime Stoppers, if they wish to remain examining it. anonymous, at 1-800-222-8477.
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Teen charged in Surrey cell phone store robberies Surrey- A 15-years- old male from Surrey has been charged with four counts of Robbery in relation to a series of cell phone store robberies that occurred earlier this year in the City Centre and Newton areas says RCMP. "While this is great news for many businesses in our community, our investigation into these robberies is still very active," said Cpl. Bert Paquet of the Surrey RCMP. "Our officers are now focusing their efforts on bringing further criminal charges against other persons believed to be involved in these offences." On March 25th a store located in the 12800 block of 96th Avenue was robbed by two suspects. On April 3rd and April 11th a store located in the 8300 block of 128th Street was robbed
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13 Strange Canadian Laws You Never Knew Existed From weird and wacky to downright crazy, these strange Canadian laws will have you wondering what your elected officials were thinking. You’d be surprised to learn what’s against the law in Canada. For example, recently a Toronto businessman found that to sell edible underwear in his 'Adult Entertainment’ store, he’d need a food license. 1. It's Illegal To Whistle in Petrolia, Ont. A Petrolia city rep says this unusual law simply aims to limit excessive noise between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m., but according to Article 3, 772.3.6 on the town’s website, “Yelling, shouting, hooting, whistling or singing is prohibited at all times.” Keep your enthusiasm to yourself, folks. 2. Keep Your Booze At Home According to the Importation of Intoxicating Liquors Act (which dates back to the time of prohibition and bootleggers), you can only legally move a bottle of booze from one province to another with the permission of the provincial liquor control board. The situation changed on May 28th, 2012, allowing you to legally move wine, but little else. 3. It's Illegal To Attach a Siren To Your Bike in Sudbury, Ont. Since 1973, the only noise-makers Sudbury cyclists can attach to their bikes are bells and horns. Breaking noise bylaws in Sudbury can lead to fines up to $5,000. Who attaches a siren to their bike, anyways? 4. It's Illegal to Skinny Dip in Bancroft, Ont. Travel writer Melanie Chambers highlighted this unusual bylaw ban, and it may well still be on the books. Either way, be sure to get you skivvies on before you get your skinny on. 5. Don't Pay With Too Much Change! While it won't make you a law breaker, according to Canada’s Currency Act of 1985 there are limits to the number of coins you can use in a transaction. Now that we’ve put the kibosh on the old penny, are you accumulating nickels? If it’s nickels, vendors can say no to any purchase over $5, while the loonie limit is $25. 6. Taxi Drivers Can't Wear a TShirt in Halifax, N.S. According to Halifax’s Regional
Municipality Bylaws for Taxis and Limousines, number 42 a) stipulates drivers must wear shoes and socks, keep their attire in neat and tidy condition at all times, and absolutely cannot wear a tshirt. Looks like summer is a whole lot
hotter for cabbies in Halifax. 7. It Was Illegal for Non-dark Soft Drinks To Contain Caffeine Sprite, Mountain Dew and other non-dark soft drinks couldn’t contain caffeine, but that all changed in March 2010 with the advent of “energy drinks” like Redbull. Now you can have caffeine in soft drinks like orange and grape soda, however there is a limit, and it’s still lower than colas. 8. It's Illegal To Build Big Snowmen in Souris, P.E.I. Souris, P.E.I. is well-known to summer visitors for its curious 'Singing Sands’ Beach, but few know of a local law that warns residents against building monstrous snowmen. If you live on a corner lot it’s against the law to built a snowman taller than 30-inches. Fear of Frosty's revenge, much? 9. Get Your Margarine Out of Here! Few may remember this, but thanks to lobbying by dairy farmers it was illegal to sell butter-coloured margarine in Ontario until 1995. In fact, margarine was altogether banned in Canada from 1886 to 1948 (there was a brief reprieve during WW1). 10. You Can't Just 'Jump In The Lake' In Toronto According to the Toronto Port Authority, you can’t swim anywhere in the harbour that has not been designated as a swimming area by the City of
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Toronto. So, if you’re out on a boat and want to cool off, keep this in mind. Historically, there was also a law that you couldn’t swim in Toronto Harbor in 'less than-seemly’attire. Travel writer Mark Stevens pointed out this ruling:
“When the nude beach at Hanlon’s opened Police were ticketing using this bylaw.” That law has been updated, and you can now officially swim naked IF you are at the nude beach. 11. Keep Your Comics Clean Our 'Spidey Sense’ just started tingling! The way Canadian law currently stand, “Everyone commits an offence who… (b) makes, prints, publishes, distributes, sells or has in his possession for the purpose of publication, distribution or circulation a crime comic.” For the full story read: Under Arrest – Canadian Laws You Won’t Believe by Bob Tarantino. 12. Clotheslines Were Banned
Home ownership is now easier for newcomers
(NC) Buying your first home in Canada can be a challenging experience – and for newcomers, who may not understand the mortgage process, it can be even more so. Many immigrants express that they don't understand the nuances, and others have certain preconceived notions that don't always hold true, like requiring a credit history to obtain a mortgage. According to a recent poll from the Royal Bank of Canada, 56 per cent of newcomers believe that a Canadian credit history is required in order to get a mortgage. This is a myth. In reality, the financial path for newcomers is much brighter, and much easier, than people might think. “Newcomers to Canada who have been in the country less than five years, no longer need to produce a credit history for an RBC mortgage,” says Christine Shisler, the director of multicultural markets. “We listened to the needs of immigrants and made some enhancements to our policies, making it easier for newcomers to get settled. The change to our newcomer mortgage program gives people more time to qualify and more time to save for their down payment.” Shisler's three tips for potential homebuyers:
Talk about being hung out to dry! Many Canadian communities long restricted the use of clotheslines because they just didn’t like the look of them. Now because of increased energy consciousness the provincial government has stepped in with a ruling that 1. Get pre-approved overrides neighbourhood regulations. When you are pre-approved for a 13. Keep Your Kids at Home mortgage, you can shop for a home with in St. Paul, Alta. confidence. Meet with a mortgage St. Paul residents don’t have to specialist before you tour open houses – worry about their kids sneaking out late you'll have a clearer picture of what you at night. It’s against the law for anyone can afford and that will take some of the stress out of the home buying process. 15 or younger to loiter in a public place without supervision of a parent or 2. Know the hidden costs guardian between 12:01 a.m. and 6 a.m. Beyond the mortgage amount, legal fees and land-transfer taxes are common Take that, whippersnappers! examples of costs that often aren't Reader’s Digest accounted for when purchasing a home. Speak to a mortgage specialist to make sure you know all the associated costs.
3. Keep your total budget in mind Allow for a little wiggle room so that you'll have some funds in reserve for ongoing home ownership costs, your lifestyle needs and any unexpected expenses that may arise. The poll also showed that many newcomers (44 per cent) don't know which products are right for them. This is the main reason, says Shisler, to get personal guidance from a financial advisor or a mortgage specialist. More information is available at rbc.com/settlequick or at any RBC branch.
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Shahrukh Khan: The King of Awards Shahrukh Khan is a global name
personality to receive it. The award is
few that have truly recognised
today and the badshah of Bollywood was
conferred for excellent civil or military
his ability as an actor and also
honoured with the 'Legion of France', one
conduct. SRK has once again proved that
highlight
of the country's highest civilian awards.
he is a truly iconic and an exemplary
personality.
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius
actor who has won over audiences not
He’s the badshah of
presented this prestigious award the
only in India, but also internationally.
Bollywood who started his
superstar. After Amitabh Bachchan,
The actor has been a recipient of many
career with Television and
Shahrukh is the second Bollywood
other honours and awards and we list a
went on to conquer films.
his
social
Shahrukh Khan is truly a phenomena and one of the most talented actors in the Hindi film industry. With a fan following that spreads across the seven seas and oceans, SRK sure knows how to retain the no.1 spot. Going by the stupendous success of
Hollywood unlike a few of his seniors
his last release Chennai Express, SRK has
and
once again proved that he can be second
popularity reaches far and wide and he is
to none!
a name to reckon with in internationally
contemporaries,
the
actor’s
He is also probably the recipient of
too. Be it the major popular awards that
the maximum number of awards in
are held internationally every year or the
Bollywood. As the awards season has
local ones, Shahrukh has had a chance to
begun and with the 59th Filmfare Awards
accept his award from Hollywood’s best
coming up where he has been nominated
and has also had the opportunity to
for Best Actor in a Leading Role Male for
showcase his work and awaken the West
Chennai Express, here’s a look at his
to his body of cinema, as seen in this
achievements
picture. SRK is sharing the dais with Anil
through
awards
and
honours.
Kapoor and Oscar winning actress Hillary
Shahrukh Khan has won many
Swank.
National Awards including the Best
Shahrukh
Khan
has
been
a
Indian Citizen Award (1997), Rajiv
favourite at the Filmfare Awards that are
Gandhi Award for Excellence in the Field
held annually in Mumbai. From hosting
of Entertainment (in 2002), the Padma
them to walking away with the black
Shri which is India's fourth highest
lady, SRK perhaps has more Filmfare
civilian award from the Government of
awards
India ( in 2005). He is also among the 10
Shahrukh won his first Filmfare way back
recipients of the IIFA-FICCI Frames
in 1993 for Best New Comer and has
Awards
Powerful
continued the tradition over the years.
Entertainer of the Decade and the Global
Films like My Name Is Khan, Chak De!
Entertainment and Media personality
India, Swades: We, the People, Devdas
Award at FICCI Frames 2010 Excellence
brought him great acclaim and the
awards (2010).
badshah walked away with the coveted
for
the
"Most
Although SRK has never worked in
than
his
contemporaries.
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Jat Sikh Sidhu family from Moga District need a match from India for their son, 27 years old, living in Edmonton. Only those who can arrange for a match in Canada with a Canadian citizen or immigrant girl for the boy’s male relative living in India, 24 years old, M.A. in English. For more information call 778-552-2422. Seeking a match for a Jat Sikh boy, 38 years old, currently in Canada on a work permit. Divorcee can be considered. for more information call 778-706-2584 Jat Sikh handsome boy, 28 years old, 5’10” tall, 10+2 educated, runs his own business needs a match with a beautiful, gentle Canadian Immigrant or Citizen girl. Boy’s entire family is set in Canada. For more information call (403) 472-7000. or (403) 568-4349 Jatt Sikh family seeking a suitable match for their son. He is 1985 born, 6'1" tall, studied Master degree in Engineering stream and currently working as an Engineer in Calgary based Company. For more information please call 403-926-8307 or email: singhdhaliwal52@yahoo.com Well established Canadian Jat Sikh family invites family oriented bride for their son 39, 5'11’’ tall athletic built, NEVER MARRIED, Canadian bachelors degree, convent educated working for the province, established real estate business. Only SERIOUSLY INCLINED proposals anticipated from CANADA prefer (student, work permit, tourist visas) USA,UK, India with full family details and recent picture please. Email: overatlantic@hotmail.com, Tel: 403 891 7337 We are looking for bride to marry our son. He is from Sikh Jat family with moderate views. He is 6’0’’ in height. He is athletic, does not drink, nor smoke. Has studied Electrical Engineering. He is very kind, intelligent, and good heart. Family settled in Seattle, WA and extended family living in Surrey, BC, Canada. For moreinformation call 425-830-1967 Jat Sikh Sidhu family (living in Edmonton) is looking for a bride from India for their Canadian Son, 27 years old. Only those who can do arrange marriage with Canadian Citizen or Immigrant boy for his female relative living in India, 24 years old, has MA in English. For more information call 778-552-2422 Jat Sikh Canadian Immigrant boy, 35-years-old, 5’8”tall, needs a Canadian Immigrant or Citizen girl. For more information please call 604 362-7724
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Employments Employments Farm Workers Needed Workers needed in Surrey to pick blueberry. Ride will be provided from Surrey, Cloverdale and Delta. Wages will be paid every two weeks. Work weeks records will be given for EI. Friendly environment. For more information call Karnail Singh Sekhon at 604 720 7816 or 604 591 5104
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Cook Needed Vyanjan needs one cook for full time position who can cook East and North Indian food. No formal education required. 2 to 4 years experience and Hindi, English language an asset. Wages $15/hour. Please Contact VYANJAN FINE INDIA CUISNE LTD. 354-SEYMOUR ST., KAMLOOPS BC V2C 2G2 Email: renu.sapkota@hotmail.com
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For Sale/Lease Warehouse on Sale in Surrey A warehouse is available for sale in Surrey in a very good business location, on the corner of 124th street and 82nd Avenue. An ideal place for light industrial business. Minutes away from Alex Bridge, Pattullo Bridge, Highway 99. The ground floor is 1280 square feet with two offices on the second floor. Asking $350,000. Can easily be leased out for $1800 per month. For more information call 604 599 5408 or 604 306 4226
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Notice Notice is being given to our previous tenant Lori MachLean who was renting our basement suite at 12210 66 Ave , Surrey BC V3W 2A4. You moved out of our basement suite three months ago without giving us any notice. We have kept the stuff that you left behind at our house for three months now. Lori MachLean take notice that we will not be keeping your stuff at our house any more. If you do not contact us as soon as possible we will be clearing out your stuff in about one week. Sukhwinder Basrai
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